The Law: Trimming Miranda

The fondest hope of many a Warren Court critic has been that the Burger
Court would overturn the 1966 Miranda decision. That momentous piece of
"strict construction" requires police to inform suspects of
their rights to silence, to a lawyerand to free counsel if they are
indigent; it also bars the use in court of any statement obtained
without a reminder of those rights. But instead of reversing Miranda
outright, the new majority has opted for trimming, undercutting or
blunting its reach.